What’s the Right Way for a Man to Wear a Scarf?

A few weeks ago I shared with you a video of different ways to wear a scarf, which was pretty obviously geared toward women, so I thought today I would offer some advice to any male readers — or women who know men who wear scarves — as to the appropriate approach to scarf wearing for them.

This advice doesn’t actually come from me, but instead from Hadley Freeman, a feature writer and columnist for the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

A reader named Gordon — fan of the double wrap with no knot — wrote in to inquire about proper scarf draping technique, and Freeman took the opportunity to explore some of the options and what they say about the wearer. Folding a scarf in half, draping it over the shoulders and pulling the ends through the loop, for example, is defined as the “European knot,” sure to get a Brit labeled as the Euro trash he likely is. Who knew?

Of course sharing this post is really just an opportunity to publish a photo of Tom Baker, who as Doctor Who was a fan of what Freeman calls the drape.

[Photo via the Guardian, from Moviestore collection.]

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Not too long ago I was seeing a crochet pattern for a glasses holder shaped like a bear all over the Internet. It was super cute, and also useful as a place to put your glasses on your bedside table instead of just throwing them somewhere random.

This project stewed in my brain for a little while and I decided I needed to make a knit version, but I didn’t want to make a bear. If you know anything about me you might know that I’m a cat person, so of course my version had to be a cat.

The base is just a basic little basic worked from the center out to the desired size, then up the sides as long as you want them. Knit some ears and add embellishments to make it whatever kind of animal you want.

The way I figured out to work the base from the center out was to use a crochet cast on, which gives you an easier way to pick up stitches from the back of the cast on than if you worked a more traditional cast on for a knitting project. It’s kind of fun to do things in a different way from time to time.

This little project is adorable if I do say so myself, and even as a plain little basket not made into an animal it’s a cute way to keep your glasses or other little things in one place. I’m tempted to make one for my desk to hold pens or even little little scissors and sewing needles that are always on my desk but somehow always seem to get lost on my desk.

If you need a little holder for your glasses on your table, check out the pattern at Our Daily Craft.

[Photo: Our Daily Craft]

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